it's all decided venezuela's long time president reelected for a number six years. after five days of me as. an army on the. british groups. over massive new wealth. to hit the most vulnerable families the hardest. which will double its capacity and ensure gas supplies to europe directly for the

next fifty. three pm on monday. it is a celebration. of his democratic rival in a hard fought election battle for the country's top job at the polls sky high turnout of over eighty percent prove just how crucial the vote was for the nation in caracas with the details. the city is going wild this is just moments after the venezuelan electoral council announced that who go chavez will indeed be leaving the country for another six years of the fireworks have been going off there's been people driving around in the streets people have gathered on the presidential palace to celebrate this victory for who go childless but we do have

to keep in mind that this was an incredibly closely contended election the president had won by about fifty four percent of the vote that means about a million vote difference with his opponent in the previous what's been really fascinating to watch especially after coming from the west is the amount of excitement and energy that we've seen on the streets here people have actually taken to the streets at about three am hours before the polls even opened to celebrate to line up while we were covering the actual voting process there were lines going literally around blocks despite that polls have stayed open much later than expected it's been a really really closely contended election and for quite some time it was unclear who would emerge as the winner has been fairly calm right now but again because it's such a closely contested election it's quite possible that we will see tension in the coming weeks and months we have to keep in mind that the inauguration won't happen till january and there's a lot of potential for for the supporters who are discontented with with president chavez to take to the streets we certainly will see the country calming down any

time soon and for a closer look at what president hugo chavez's victory actually means for venezuelans and why there is such a massive popular support for the president with the following report. running water electricity and a real home having spent most of her life in venezuela slums these are luxuries that anna silva could only dream of before. when i got this apartment i just couldn't believe it i thought my eyes were deceiving me i'm thankful to the government for helping people like me she was able to move her family into this home thanks to a housing program established under president hugo chavez five it's one of the many projects that has earned him tremendous popular support among the poor but alienated him from other voters the latter have turned out in droves to vote for him to recruit them premiss a wealthy businessman and a free market advocate who is pushing for more private enterprise and investment critics fear that he would bring an end to venezuela's twenty first century socialism so what we're looking here is an ongoing effort by the old venezuelan

ruling class to turn back the clock represents the represents an attempt to move. away from. their focus is attention on reducing inequality reducing poverty. but whether chavez has addressed that in the best way remains a question dollars having to help bring down the crime rate one of the worst in the world on employment and a stack leading economy has turned many away from el commandante. corruption. we are some of the poorest people she has been accused of authoritarianism suppressing the courts and silencing critics in the press. another burning issue in the country is equality of employment among the poor the government does implement measures to support them but there are no jobs for those in the people. they receive government subsidies but there isn't enough investment both government and

private to actually provide them with. this it is just giving financial aid. it for the long neglected residents of venezuela slums. free services may just trump over freedom this is done as well as body up the top of the largest slum in all of latin america for decades that thousands of venezuelans who live here had no access to any sort of medical care that is until i solve a social program to open clinics like this one here venezuelans get access to doctors checkups medical services free medicine all for free here they helped me along and this committee has helped a lot of people and a lot of children here thank you to chavez has done a lot for us those missions are just incredible. these are illegal settlements the shacks and buildings are poorly built and for decades infrastructure was virtually nonexistent moster sprawled across the steep hills surrounding caracas lots of people living up in those longs or barrios there used to be no way to get down to

the city to find work or go to school simply walking down those hills using about an hour and how they used to be no public transportation until president bush has built these cable cars a little lifeline for venezuela's for life in the slums may have improved but the country still has a long way to go voters have grown frustrated with declining wages and scarce job prospects and reversing these trends in the next six years won't be easy to. venezuela. this is all too large for moscow as war looms between turkey and syria after five days of mutual shelling it's still not exactly clear who's actually firing from the syrian side and there's now a new problem on the horizon with kurdish separatists reportedly setting up their own army just across the border in syria. middle east correspondent. that said he doesn't seem as if the border tension is easing at all what we've witnessed now is five days of increasing conflict along the turkish syrian border

at the same time we've seen shelling now taking place from both sides and there's real concern in the region that we could be looking at a full scale war between turkey and syria at the same time it still has not become anybody who exactly is provoking the situation you'll remember that it started last week wednesday when a shell was fired from the syrian side into turkish territory and they had killed five members of the same family now the turkish prime minister erdogan has gone on record by saying that his country is ready for war and this follows the approval of a mandate last week by the turkish parliament in which they did give the green light for cross border operations this they say is to prevent sort of the provocations from the syrian side but it's not as if the whole turkish population is behind the prime minister on this issue we've witnessed more than five thousand people take to the streets in the last week thursday there they were holding cards and chanting no to war in syria is all free and we've also witnessed some of the

such demonstrations and rallies in smaller cities and towns to turkey there have been renewed clashes on the ground in syria in several cities as well as in several times of the situation inside syria continues to escalate in this northern eighteen months more we are also hearing from both the rebels as well as from the damascus government that they are making at vons says but of course it's impossible to verify this information because of the media blackout in that country we're increasingly hearing from many experts who are pointing to the fact that you need to remember that the area in syria from where these waters are being fired into turkey are areas that are being controlled by the rebels and that is why many expert opinions are suggesting that they're being fired deliberately to provoke to key into calling on nato to launch some kind of operation in syria and this is certainly something we've heard from. syrian exiled rebel leaders they do want to see foreign intervention the irony of the situation though is that we're now

receiving expert opinion that many of the shells that are being fired from syria are in fact being fired by weapons that turkey provided to the rebels to help them fight the assad regime so you have those laws that i wanted situation where turkey is being fired on by weaponry that itself supplied to the rebels in addition to those we're also now receiving several reports that the syrian army of the kurdistan workers cross he is forming an army just fifteen kilometers from the taker's border and now the fighting which is concentrated in northern syria has seen kurds take advantage of the situation there already claimed several cities there take a ton of meat they want independence from damascus but they have also now becoming a problem for turkey turkey of course is no stranger to the kurdish problem just overnight turkey's jets were firing at kurdish products in northern iraq so he had to you have a situation where turkey in its assistance to the rebels to fight assad is now

having to fight we could see and see an escalation in that problem as well. no website right now is. the libyan military continues to surround an opposition stronghold leaving the residents of bani walid calling for international rescue and we bring you a first hand account from deep inside the besieged city. plus a legal anniversary a march marking one year of the worldwide occupy movement. all the details on our website. as it finds a deepening recession the british government is looking for new ways to slash spending. ten billion more pounds in welfare cuts amid an already growing wave of discontent and as artie's laura smith reports it's the poorest families that will once again find themselves in the center of the firing line. the children every year is a death sentence this is save the children as usual campaign feeding starving

youngsters in africa but times have changed and for the first time in its ninety three year history the charity has launched a major fundraising campaign here in britain. as recession hits the u.k.'s poorest children the heart of the situation is pretty bleak for children and families out there in our children having to go without what we consider some basic essentials for example when they're older it's achieving a warm coats him winter these are pretty shocking statistics in the u.k. in twenty twelve and we believe that we really need to take action. for the first time the cupboard is almost bare for mother of three sharon more it's a daily struggle to provide the basics for her kids.

she's not alone three and a half million children are living in poverty. and a quarter of their parents say they've gone without meals so their children can eat a child in poverty has to forgo the things other families take for granted eating healthy having a friend round for tea days out natalie mother to two year old noah puts all she can afford into the gas meter but it's still not enough to heat their home. just. charities calculate that the poorest ten percent of society i hate thirteen times harder by government cuts to services than the richest ten percent and growing up in poverty puts a child under enormous emotional strain. education so that even if it could screw that storing up trouble for the future you have the impact it was almost children

but it's also a massive impact to society and to our economy so you know we if. we all of us will have to pay the price in terms of actual spending on education spending on. will be weak because you know we'll be losing talent what's the point of slashing a welfare budget if we're going to be paying the price for the increased spending going to. save the children hopes to help the worst hit but this could be a long campaign the institute. says in the next ten years based on current government tax and benefit policies eight hundred thousand more children will be dragged into poverty eradicating all the game that have been made in the last ten years.

and i recommend you live from moscow thanks for joining us today still to come in this hour that of a stalled drive for peace. u.s. motorcade headed to pakistan's most troubled region is stopped just short of its final destination find out why in just a couple of minutes. and a private american company heads to the international space station with its first cargo delivery as it hopes to fill the post shuttle era with missions can go for those businesses craving to conquer the stars all of that are much more after a quick break. if you're passing through russia's region you really can. get thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fishermen and provides a business opportunity for hunters. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but

lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just the less forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up and this is where i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to

a place called. a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as foster parents for the next generation will come here using the older walls as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place the infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs his parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolfs reputation in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean that wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand the cool of the wilds. so good to have you with us here are to you today are will reach sushi i live in moscow and the pakistani military has blocked

a thousand strong and to us motor convoy on its way towards a volatile tribal belt the motorcade led by a cricket legend of musician front man imraan khan was headed to south waziristan region most frequently targeted by u.s. drone strikes to stage a mass rally against american missiles the convoy was joined by dozens of foreign peace activists robert naiman an analyst of u.s. foreign policy who took part in the two day protest says washington's current stance borders on lawlessness. just about every expert in international law outside the united states will say that it leaves that there are at least some aspects of the current policy which are clear violations of international law the bureau of investigative journalism in the u.k. has counted somewhere between four hundred and eight hundred civilian deaths since two thousand and four for the u.s. drone strike that's between fifteen and thirty percent the u.n.

special report through or on extrajudicial execution has said that you know if these reports are true about what the u.s. is doing they would constitute work on the pakistani parliament passed unanimously a resolution demanding that these drone strikes stop and every pakistani official says that pakistan is against us we have nothing to do with this we're not supporting the u.s. government must be called to account internationally and domestically and explain why they think their policy is legal under international law under u.s. law come clean about the issue of civilian casualties and their own the u.s. is going to come up with the unilateral definition for its own purposes of what a civilian is of course there's no and there's no permission the international law to do that. and staying in the region and you report on afghanistan predicts that nato troops are leaving the country could mean a government collapse and even a civil war and the brussels based international crisis group also says the next

presidential poll in two years when the airlines plans to leave will be a fraud the afghan government has to label to predictions as quote garbage this comes as the war goes into its twelfth year with the taliban issuing a statement that the coalition is on the verge of defeat and is quote fleeing in humiliation. an egyptian official says that a troop carrier has overturned on a road in the sinai peninsula of egypt the accident that happened on the border with israel has killed at least ninety. people injured over forty eight different part of the sinai from where the nation's military is fighting islamic militants of the country's government is trying to stem the lawlessness in some areas of the region that have seen a massive flow of smuggled from libya. also in the world of data wiki leaks editor julian a songes hired lawyers as he considers suing the australian prime minister for defamation the whistleblower claims julian past comments of delta's website

irreversible damage that still being felt today in two thousand and ten the australian prime minister called the release of secret documents utterly irresponsible well it was real no assad has been holed up in ecuador's embassy in london since june to avoid extradition to sweden if it is that could lead to a further transfer to the us very may be wanted for his work on wiki leaks. well south korea will not be able to strike any part of its northern neighbor with ballistic missiles a new deal signed with the us allows seoul to extend the range of its weapons one more than twice the current limit the previous arms pact with washington barred the south from deploying long range rockets leaving many targets in a communist state out of reach seoul says the measures aimed at countering a possible threat from north korea be agreement also allow south korea to operate drones with limited payloads but as a specialist tim bill believes there is another reason behind the deal. balance of

power in east asia only in america's favor sorry to say or north korea is very very weak english in terms of real military terms and you have to see this within the context of american strategy to contain china this is part of a long discussion between the south korean government and the americans. these are koreans for a long time and wanted to extend the range and the style and we must remember this is only this only covers ballistic missiles not christmas are they have long range christmas i can get over. this new range will take them into china and that i think has been the sticking point americans are now supporting their pound against china south korea. trying to drive south korea and japan together it will tighten lyon's against china so the americans are very active.

but part of a long term strategy to contain china. watching r.t. a california based firm has successfully launched its first supply flight to the international space station and with a one point six billion dollars contract signed space-x. is also working on changing its vessel into a space ship capable of carrying astronauts when nasa the space shuttle fleet was retired in two thousand and eleven russia's progress and soyuz ships used to be the only way to reach the i assess but as brian weeden from the secure world foundation explains a private businesses still need time to prove they can compete with state run organizations. in certain areas for example for fighting basic transportation to and from the space station these private companies can provide it's merely competition but there are other areas you know long term exploration of the moon and mars and beyond where for the time be you're probably to still see

a lot of state run company. space x. still has a long ways to go before it can prove that it can carry humans safely to and from the our sister station base travel is not a cheap endeavor and as we've seen you know the world's going through some tough economic times i think for the time being you're going to see a renewed effort to try and get more a use out of the international space station through the rest of its life time and then i think you're probably going to see some international some cooperate of missions that look at what the next step is for how to get gas that would probably be back to the moon. russia is launching the second pipeline into the nord street project to ship gas to europe the second link going to the bottom of the baltic sea will double more streams annual capacity to fifty five billion cubic meters that's got some more on this now enjoy noughties to meet him at madrid lanka bring us up to date good to see you today do tell us more about this new improvement to the pipeline and why why is it so important. well basically rory as we speak gas has

started flowing for this second line of the north stream pipeline indeed the capacity has now been doubled to fifty five billion cubic meters and what it means is that it's enough for twenty six million european households to be provided with heat and energy at all so it amounts to around fifty percent of what is currently going through the territory of ukraine now one of the main goals of this project was to bypass countries like bella russo in ukraine which have at times proven unreliable transit partners in order to directly supply gas to european clients and indeed one year ago the first line was launched now the second line has been launched and this launch has been hailed by the heads of four states russia germany the netherlands and france let's listen to what president vladimir putin had to say . see that in the. north stream is fully capable of meeting europe's growing energy

demand and the natural gas of the troops directly but in the way the surest distance russia's largest gas reserves with european markets set in can the suppliers will have new transit risks will be stated in a study we get. at them we're going to know indeed what gas problem one of the main shareholders in this project on the supplier of gas is doing is presenting itself as a reliable supplier of gas to europe also it has been mentioned that there is a potential of the third and the fourth line of this project to be built within the next three years and one of them could potentially go directly to the u.k. now this project is of course very expensive it cost us seven and a half billion euros and took many years five to be exact two to be launched to reach full capacity and earlier i spoke to the head of gas from alex on the myth that if i asked him about the could all make feasibility of the project and to what he said basically that right now capacity is not full it hasn't been the past

eleven months indeed it reached around for. thirty percent of just the first line but that's because it takes time to fill such a huge pipeline with gas completely and he said that basically claims that russian gas is too expensive quote ridiculous because just given that there's a crisis right now in europe is not grounds in order to forget forty years of history of russia being a supplier to europe to me to rethink or write the thank you. or let's get some of the latest market action here and also let's join marina and see how was looking for a monday here in moscow where you got your finger on the pulse of the markets looking up here side while the markets are all in the red and that's because euro zone finance ministers will be in later in the day and the focus is spain and greece and their financial health as they say it would take a look at the footsie and their dads will see that they're shouting over a half a percent there now if we move on then take a look at currencies the euro so we can in against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the russian currency. drop and again the greenback and the

euro moving on to the russian markets they're tracking losses overseas also or let's drop in for the second session in there also that's of course not encouraging their washington investors here. is almost one and a half percent in there right now let's stay with russia and talk about russia oriented funds which received the most cash along the emerging nations last week a margin portfolio found research says one hundred seventy million dollars was invested into the country now analysts explain russia's undervalued stocks what they do is offer growth potential and monetary easing. around the world bank has released its forecast for the russian economy saying it will slow down over the next year caspar read there was the lead economist for the institution explained to us what to expect. but this year we projected it to be three point five

percent to three. point six percent that this century the oil price being the same as last year so that's not compared to the previous two years and it's particularly if you look at the pre-crisis performance of russia in the ten years prior to the. average growth russia was seven percent now russia is just growing at half that raid. or it's a very very busy day today and that have more details the world bank has been saying a lot of things this morning so she'll bring you up to date with all of that over the same thank you are on the way here at r.t. will be stepping aside the people of ireland as guests on cross talk the whole issue of nato and afghanistan a war is the future of the embattled. flying north with me in this old soviet work. is dr brodsky and his team

from the region's medical aviation service we head across ever. higher and higher into russia's arctic far north until eventually we see our landing spot with arrive at this tiny village after costing hundreds of kilometers of snow we will do this as a boy here suffering and the doctors are going to see what they can do. inside a small building not one but two babies and their parents are waiting for us the doctors inspect them but can't make a diagnosis and decide to bring them to a regional hospital for better can spread lana doesn't like taking her baby away from home but she's been before and degrees to go. the usual practice with those who live in the to indra they keep mothers with their newborns in hospital for a month. on the way back another stop to check on the health of some native. herders out in the tundra can.